Cher, 65, once again defends Chaz, 42, who changed his name and gender in recent years, from those who object to his appearing on the ABC dancing show.

“If you’ve got that excess time and that amount of hostility, I’m not so sure I can say anything to you that would make you change your feelings,” she says. “I don’t know that I would have any magic words to make you feel more comfortable and to soothe you into not being terrified of my child dancing on Dancing with the F*#%ing Stars.”

Chaz thanks his mom, and then reveals how rehearsals are going with Lacey Schwimmer. “My first dance is pretty good, the Cha-Cha,” he says. “The Quickstep gives me nightmares, but I’m starting to feel pretty confident. We did it for some of the other people on the show today, and they seem to really like it.”